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00:00What was your nose?
00:01You couldn't make this up.
00:02I was on the M40, and because I'm on the GTR with a big fairing, I had the visor open,
00:08and at the last second, I saw a black blob appear six inches from my face, and it was
00:13a little bird, and it hit me in the face and cut my nose.
00:17Six months ago, I had a big crow hit the crash helmet and took all the visor mechanism off.
00:22I'll tell you what, he is a bird attractor.
00:24That's it, yes.
00:25Do you think so?
00:26Not in the way that we used to call it in the 80s.
00:28No, exactly.
00:29No.
00:30Definitely not.
00:31I'm Henry Cole.
00:34That is comfy.
00:36And along with fellow fanatic Fuzz Townsend.
00:39That's a magnificent pair of choppers up there.
00:41We're back on the hunt for vintage treasures in the nation's sheds.
00:45Look at this.
00:46Here it is.
00:47We're going to buy them, fix them.
00:49That is fantastic.
00:50And sell them for a tidy profit.
00:53Welcome to Shed and Buried.
00:56I'm off to London with a special guest.
01:06I hope you appreciate this as a treat.
01:08I do.
01:09I've been let loose for the day.
01:11Only because Fuzz is on holiday.
01:13I'm happy to do it, mate.
01:14And we're going to kind of our old stomping ground.
01:17Oh, we are, mate.
01:18We're going London.
01:19South London.
01:20Hence why there's no dog.
01:21Because Jellybean don't like London.
01:23No.
01:24We're going to go and see a bloke called Vec.
01:27He has a labyrinthine underground garage.
01:32Come on.
01:33Yeah, fantastic.
01:34That's got to be good, hasn't it?
01:36Yeah, yeah, definitely.
01:40Weather going underground yields some buried treasure.
01:43Who knows?
01:44But Vec's subterranean shed.
01:46Here we come.
01:52Tell me about how's all this come about.
01:54Me and the people I work for, we rent vehicles mostly for film, TV.
01:59We've had this for about 20 years.
02:01Oh, really?
02:0220 years?
02:03Yes.
02:04Oh, you have time to accumulate stuff then.
02:05Yeah, exactly.
02:06Every time you get a few bob, you get another vehicle.
02:09You have, obviously, a penchant for le motor sequels.
02:13Yes.
02:14Haven't you?
02:15Yeah.
02:16Tell me about that.
02:17Well, I have to reference my dad.
02:18Okay.
02:19Who got me into them.
02:20It's an eclectic mix now.
02:21Isn't it?
02:22Just.
02:23And anything that really stirs your soul.
02:24It's the social history side of it.
02:26Yeah.
02:27You know, it's not just about the bikes.
02:28So look, we'll have a little mooch about.
02:30Carry on.
02:31Might call you in if we want some info on something.
02:33Yeah, yeah.
02:34And then, well, you never know.
02:35Might be for sale, might not be.
02:36I was just going to say, is everything for sale?
02:38Because you must have some things here.
02:40Everything is very precious to me.
02:43Yes.
02:44What do you think of your offers?
02:45Yeah.
02:46Yeah.
02:47It's all for sale at the right price.
02:48Yeah, of course.
02:49Right.
02:50Hey, mate, thank you so much for letting us come over.
02:51Yeah, it's fantastic.
02:52Cheers, mate.
02:53It's fantastic to come in here.
02:54Hey, look, we'll start over here, shall we?
02:55Yeah.
02:56Carry on.
02:57See you in a bit.
02:58Ta-da.
02:59Bye, mate.
03:00So, what a place.
03:03One of the biggest we've seen, with hundreds of trinkets.
03:07We'll start, though, with a row of classic bikes.
03:13Will you take a look at that?
03:15Isn't that beautiful?
03:18It is a pristine-looking James Autocycle from the 1930s.
03:28Autocycles were the precursors of the moped.
03:31Light, pedal-equipped bikes with small economical engines.
03:35Normally, the Autocycles, they all look kind of the same.
03:42Yeah, yeah.
03:43But this has got something very different about it.
03:46It looks a quality item, doesn't it?
03:47Doesn't it?
03:48But, I mean, it's a James.
03:49Have you seen what it's leaning on?
03:50That's a Royal Enfield.
03:51Yeah, but what kind of Royal Enfield?
03:53I'm not sure what the name of that is.
03:56I think, well, it's a small capacity, like competing with the Bantam.
03:59Yeah, exactly.
04:00The BSA.
04:01Very Bantam-esque, yeah.
04:02Isn't it?
04:03But I love the colour, I love the patina.
04:04Yeah, that is lovely.
04:05And I love that as well.
04:06Well, everything is lovely.
04:08So, a great start, and looking around, the range of stuff in here is amazing.
04:14From classic bike after classic bike, to Bentleys, Mercs, and this Italian stallionette.
04:26Is that an R bar?
04:27Yes.
04:28Is it?
04:29It says it on the back.
04:30I'd rather fancy one of these.
04:32I'm just imagining you sat in there, it'd be quite funny.
04:35Why?
04:36That's because I think your head might be on the roof.
04:40R bath is a specialist Italian car maker and racing team, long associated with Fiat.
04:46The R bath 595 was a souped up version of the Fiat 500.
04:51It had a top speed of 75, but was famously nippy and fun to drive.
04:59Do you know, I had a neighbour once, and he collected these, and he managed to get three
05:03of these, well, two and a half, in a Mew's garage?
05:07Did he really?
05:08Yeah.
05:09He was obsessed by them.
05:12Returning to Vex Motorcycles, this really is an eclectic, eccentric collection.
05:18From British troopers like this, James Captain.
05:22They're sort of post-war, they're as cheap as chips, but they ride really nicely.
05:27Yeah.
05:28Yeah?
05:29And as you get older, as we know, we like something that we can control.
05:33I tell you what, if you wanted to get into classic motorcycling, get one of these.
05:37To Eastern European oddities, like this MZ Trophy.
05:43It's like a British bulldog.
05:45Ugly, but for some reason they are fantastic.
05:49They're beautifully engineered.
05:50What's not to like about that?
05:52It's probably one of the ugliest motorcycles I've ever seen.
05:54Yeah, but that makes it cool.
05:56Yeah.
05:57It's fugly.
05:59And talk about fun and ugly.
06:01I've never seen one of these before.
06:03Bec, come in here. Come and have a look. What's that?
06:09That.
06:10What is it?
06:11That is a DOT VV, or a DOT VV.
06:14What, devoid of trouble?
06:15Devoid of trouble with Manchester.
06:20DOT was a Salford-based company, which specialised in small, often unusual, bikes and delivery vehicles.
06:28When the moped boom was taking place and the British just couldn't build them, because I don't think there were any available, they imported these from Italy.
06:38It's got a German Victoria 48cc engine.
06:41Wow, I know.
06:42Three-speed hand-change gearbox.
06:44The front end's quite funky.
06:45Yeah, leading link.
06:46Yeah.
06:47I've never ever seen one.
06:48No.
06:49Nor will you, I don't think.
06:50No, I'm sure.
06:51I'm sure that's the only one left.
06:52These rollers, they're coming of age now, aren't they?
06:55Yeah, that is mint.
06:56This particular Rolls-Royce is the nicest Rolls-Royce you will ever, ever drive, bar none.
07:01The engine's silent.
07:03Everything's perfect about it.
07:05It's mint.
07:06Toby, who I work with.
07:07Yeah.
07:08He bought it.
07:09Did he?
07:10And I wanted it.
07:11The ride is just absolutely gorgeous.
07:13But he'd never saw it.
07:14I don't know.
07:15If you decided you want it, a number could be arranged.
07:19But it'd be quite a high number, I would imagine.
07:21Yeah.
07:22I don't like the sound of that.
07:25But round the corner, there are yet more bikes.
07:30Isn't that cool?
07:31That is so you.
07:32Oh, mate.
07:33I understand why you like them.
07:35They are cool.
07:36Don't try and go round the corner.
07:38All right, so look.
07:39All I'm going to say about this kind of stuff, right, is that obviously when you think about
07:43the 70s and the 60s and the chopper era, you always think of Harleys, right?
07:47But actually, there was such an amazing scene with triumph lumps.
07:51Yeah, yeah, absolutely.
07:52So that is completely synonymous with everything that I loved about motorcycling.
07:58But then moving on, there is a Velocet LE, which to me anyway, is incredibly ugly, but
08:06absolutely adorable.
08:07A bit like the MZ.
08:08Well, I can see.
08:09Do you see what I mean?
08:10Yeah, I can see.
08:11It's not all about, well, the looks when they look like that, there is a charm to them.
08:15Yeah, okay.
08:16You feel sorry for them, I think.
08:17Yeah, yeah, okay, I suppose so.
08:18Hey, so look, right, we've got this, James.
08:21It's the vintage one.
08:22Yeah.
08:23That is gorgeous.
08:24Also cycle.
08:25Yeah, that's lovely.
08:26That's good.
08:27What else have we got?
08:28That was a Royal Enfield.
08:29Oh, yeah, that's beautiful.
08:30That's nice.
08:31Yeah.
08:32All of them are nice.
08:33It's really to pick your poison.
08:34I think I know what we want.
08:35Come on.
08:36Okay, let's start, just because they're here.
08:45Captain, James.
08:46Yeah.
08:47Is that available?
08:48It could be.
08:49How much is that?
08:51Mmm, have to be around about 1,400 on that one.
08:56Okey-cokey.
08:57There is a Triumph Chop in there.
09:00Looks like it's got a Bollerville head on it.
09:02Mm-hmm.
09:03I haven't ridden it for a while.
09:04No.
09:05Went like the clappers.
09:06So that isn't for sale then?
09:07Not really, no.
09:08No.
09:09There is a James Auto cycle.
09:111937.
09:12Is it?
09:13Yeah.
09:14One of the very first auto cycles.
09:16How much is that?
09:17That's 1,500 pounds, reluctantly.
09:20Okay, all right.
09:21Next to it is a little Royal Enfield.
09:24That's the Prince.
09:25I think it's a Prince Mark II.
09:26Is it?
09:27Yeah, okay.
09:28How much is that?
09:291,200.
09:30Okay, all right.
09:311,400 for the James Auto cycle.
09:47We've gone underground to Vex Subterranean Shed.
09:52Ram-packed, full of cars and bikes.
09:54He's got a James Auto cycle for 1,500 quid, but we want to pay a little less.
10:011,400 for the James.
10:03Yeah, all right.
10:04Yeah?
10:05Yeah.
10:06Shake hands.
10:07All right.
10:08That's fantastic.
10:09Okay.
10:10I know you liked that.
10:11I could tell from the minute you pulled it out of the line.
10:14I just think it's quite a sweet little thing.
10:16It is lovely.
10:17You know what I mean?
10:18Beauty.
10:19If only I could get it running properly.
10:21Oh, now he tells us.
10:23Oh, now he tells us.
10:24Next day, Fuzz is back at the shed to take a deco.
10:34I love these.
10:35I love autobikes.
10:36That's what it is really, isn't it?
10:38Well, we know you've got one very much like this.
10:40Yes, that's right.
10:41This one I think is a little bit earlier and much more luxurious because it has front suspension.
10:47It may look good, but we are told that it don't run that good.
10:52Okay.
10:53Well, there are one or two things that sort of make me a little bit suspicious about it.
10:57What?
10:58I mean, the chains have been painted silver to make it look nice.
11:01Okay.
11:02Is it nice inside?
11:03Well, that's the story of my life, really.
11:05We didn't really check it out, to be honest, did we?
11:07We thought it looks lovely.
11:08Yeah, we'll have it.
11:09Have you been bamboozled?
11:10Yeah, I didn't even pedal.
11:11Dazzled.
11:12It was the magpie effect again.
11:15Now, I've got this idea.
11:17I've got a new Hudson.
11:19Yeah.
11:20That I've been meaning to get going as well.
11:21Yeah.
11:22Oh, here we go.
11:23I know what's going on.
11:24So, while you're all in the...
11:25So, thrown into the mix, we've now got two to get running.
11:27Hang on a second.
11:28Now you'll be in the auto cycle mindset.
11:31Yes.
11:32I thought perhaps I could wheel my other one in and see whether we could get that going.
11:35Two for one.
11:36Yeah, and one for two.
11:37Yeah.
11:38And three for all.
11:39Okay.
11:40Let's get this in the shed, shall we?
11:41Yes.
11:42And see if Vec's right.
11:49First things first, we get our James into the shed.
11:52It's usual, isn't it?
11:53Yeah.
11:54Check we've got fuel.
11:55Clean the points.
11:56Yes.
11:57And then have a pedal.
12:00You dancing yet?
12:01Yes.
12:02I don't dance.
12:03No?
12:04Never.
12:05I don't know if I'm feeling it.
12:06I don't know if I'm feeling it.
12:08Fuzz releases the fuel line.
12:10Oh, look.
12:11Fuel.
12:12And drains the old fuel.
12:13There we go.
12:14On.
12:15Off.
12:16Skid, meanwhile, opens up the magneto.
12:17There we go.
12:18There we go.
12:19There we go.
12:20On.
12:21Off.
12:22There we go.
12:23There's the cover off that.
12:24I always carry a little bit of emery around.
12:25Very good fuzz.
12:26And performs the familiar ritual of cleaning the points, the tiny electrical contacts which
12:45easily get clogged up.
12:47I find these quite awkward to get to, Fuzz.
12:50Yeah, they are, actually.
12:51They're fiddly like devils.
12:52There you go.
12:53There's a little mark on there.
12:54Yeah, good.
12:55Next stage of the service is to check the spark plug.
13:05Well, it's quite wet, isn't it, that plug?
13:08Yeah.
13:09Shall we blowtorch it?
13:10Yeah, I think we should blowtorch it and get that cleaned up a bit.
13:14I do.
13:15Depending on the nature of the crud, you can clean a plug either with steel brush or a blowtorch
13:22or both.
13:23It'll be very hot.
13:25Ouch.
13:26Ouch.
13:27Ouch.
13:28Shall we see if we can just turn it here?
13:30Yeah.
13:33Any spark there?
13:34I can see a spark, yeah.
13:35I can see a spark.
13:36It's healthy purpley blue.
13:38I think we're with a fighting chance here.
13:40I think you're right.
13:41Let's pop the plug back in.
13:42Watch your fingers, it's hot.
13:43Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
13:44Oh dear.
13:45Straight in the petrol.
13:47That's cooled it down.
13:50Uh-oh.
13:51Fortunately, nothing happens, but hot plugs and petrol containers don't go together.
14:00Anyway, we've lived to tell the tale, haven't we?
14:01There we go.
14:02Time for me to return to the fray.
14:03Hello, I'm just back.
14:04Well, you're back.
14:05You're timing somehow.
14:06Have you got a hidden camera in here?
14:07No, I was just listening at the door.
14:08Oh.
14:09I was a bit worried there because your timing always seems to be kind of perfect.
14:10Yeah.
14:11Because we're just fueling it up.
14:12We have a spark.
14:13Oh, right.
14:14We have fuel flow now.
14:15Oh, right.
14:16We have fuel flow now.
14:17Oh, right.
14:18We're ready to literally drop this down and have a pedal.
14:19Do you think it'll go?
14:20Hopefully, if it's all timed right, then yeah.
14:23So the moment of truth.
14:24Fuzz gives it a cheeky little pedal.
14:25Right.
14:26Right.
14:27Right.
14:28Right.
14:29Right.
14:30Right.
14:31So the moment of truth.
14:32Fuzz gives it a cheeky little pedal.
14:34Right.
14:35Right.
14:36Right.
14:37Well, you're back.
14:38You're back.
14:39You're back.
14:40You're timing somehow.
14:41Have you got a hidden camera in here?
14:42No, I was just listening at the door.
14:43Right.
14:44You ready?
14:45No, it's my bend.
14:49Choke.
14:50Have we got a choke?
14:51I'm ready.
14:52Can I just say, the rear light's on.
14:55Oh, good.
14:56Well, I'm doing something.
14:57Just be gentle with it.
14:58I'm worried about this stand braking.
15:00Just be gentle.
15:02That's it!
15:03There we go.
15:06It might be smokier than London fog, but in spite of Vex's warning, it runs perfectly.
15:13Oh, that is a fully functioning sickle.
15:16What was he talking about, Beck?
15:18I don't know, but anyway, it's pretty easy.
15:20Unless there's a problem when it goes.
15:22I don't know.
15:23Well...
15:24Can I just say, the fuel was very yellow.
15:26We drained the fuel.
15:27Well, that might have been it.
15:28We cleaned the points and it's gone first crack.
15:30It sounds lovely.
15:31Yeah, it's a quality machine.
15:34How'd you stop it?
15:35Okay.
15:36Yeah, just with the deco.
15:37Yeah, like so.
15:38Take it over.
15:39Oh, mate, that is fantabulousy.
15:42I was terribly worried that your strong physique may have bent the stand.
15:47I don't know what you mean.
15:48It is quite frizzy.
15:49Wait a minute.
15:50Strong physique?
15:51Yeah.
15:52I know what you're saying.
15:53Yeah.
15:54Yeah.
15:55Yeah.
15:56If you're riding the new Hudson, I feel sorry for that.
15:59Yeah.
16:00Right, so shall we get this off then?
16:02Yes.
16:03And have a look at the new Hudson that I think could be more problematic.
16:05Okay.
16:09The new Hudson dates from the same period as the James, but is a slightly more basic model.
16:16I've had this one for years, but a few parts have been removed.
16:22Why would you do that?
16:23It was needed for another vehicle, Fuzzy.
16:25Yeah.
16:26And time, as you know, is money.
16:29The next half hour flies by while Skid hunts for spares.
16:35Fuzz gives it a once-over.
16:39Right, I'm just going to take this fuel tap out.
16:43There we go.
16:45And replace the ceiling corks that go inside here.
16:52Right, screwdriver.
16:53Yeah.
16:54Well, thank you.
16:55You are becoming a really great apprentice.
16:59Apprentice?
17:00Yes.
17:01Do apprentices buy all the vehicles?
17:04Once everything's back on, we fill her up.
17:08Tickle the carb.
17:10Spray on some Easy Start for good measure.
17:12The net fuzz mount up.
17:18Oh.
17:20That's wanting to leave home, isn't it?
17:23Yes.
17:24Only because I sat down.
17:25Yeah.
17:26Points.
17:28It's our old bugbear.
17:31The points.
17:32Fuzz gets out his emery paper and gives them a clean.
17:36But still, no can run.
17:39So he removes and cleans the plug, but still no joy.
17:46No, nothing.
17:48Then after swapping the plug, he mounts up yet again.
17:52Until finally...
17:54Yes.
17:55That's it, that's it.
17:56Stop, stop.
17:58Hey, we are ready for a small rider.
18:01Yeah.
18:04And away we go.
18:12I'm on our famous James.
18:15Skids wrangling the new Hudson.
18:19Oh, this is fantastic fun.
18:21Just to see Guy riding along on that is just the right joke.
18:26I think that little new Hudson's quite cool with everything stripped off it.
18:32The James Autocycle cost around 44 quid when it was new.
18:36It was cheap and cheerful transport aimed at workers and housewives.
18:41But still, it's a lot of fun to ride.
18:47Rock and roll, man.
18:49Even a three-mile trip to the CAF seems like a massive adventure.
18:54Yeah.
19:00Ten minutes later, we're there.
19:06Hey, look, so how was it all right?
19:08The bike was fantastic.
19:10There was a bit of operator error on my part to start with because of that thumb throttle.
19:15Oh, yeah.
19:16I kept speeding it up.
19:17Oh, yeah.
19:18It has that tendency.
19:19But then when I caught you up, it was happy days from then on.
19:23Hey, look, that thing's amazing.
19:24Yes.
19:25I have to tell you, it wants to go quicker than I feel as though it should do.
19:28This is the same.
19:29Yeah.
19:30And I'll tell you what, I would do distance on that.
19:32It's lovely and smooth.
19:33Can I just tell you one thing that I found funny is when you took your crash helm off, you still had your hat on.
19:37I know, but that's because I've borrowed your lid and it's a mimsy big.
19:41Shall we put this down to a successful test ride?
19:44I think it's absolutely.
19:45I really enjoyed it.
19:46Hey, look, I've got someone to buy that, I reckon.
19:49I don't think you'll have trouble selling that.
19:50No, but I might have trouble getting the right price because I think Patrick's going to love it.
19:55Yeah.
19:56May do.
19:59Next day, we get our punter, my mate, local tractor dealer, Patrick Edwards.
20:04The only reason why I called you is because I thought you'd appreciate the kind of just beauty of that.
20:12You know, it's a good one.
20:13Yeah.
20:14And the history.
20:15Yeah.
20:16And the history.
20:17It's a lovely display piece, isn't it?
20:18Yeah.
20:19Yeah, I wouldn't ride it, but it'd look nice in the kitchen, wouldn't it?
20:21Yeah.
20:22Yeah.
20:23Anyway, I'm talking it up here.
20:24No, no.
20:25Yeah.
20:26That's very unlike you, Pat.
20:27I think hopefully we've got you.
20:30I really want two grand for it.
20:32Yeah, it's a bit dear for an ornament, isn't it?
20:35People don't say that about Faberg茅.
20:36It does actually run.
20:37Yeah, yeah.
20:38It's not just an ornament.
20:39You never know.
20:40On a sunny day, you might decide to venture out on it to the cafe.
20:43Right.
20:44Fifteen hundred quid.
20:45No.
20:47Pat, look.
20:48You and I have known each other for a very, very long time, right?
20:51And I've yet to make any money out of you whatsoever on all the deals that I've done.
20:55I was just thinking exactly the same thing.
20:57There has been the odd one.
20:59Eighteen hundred.
21:01Seventeen fifty then.
21:03Go on then.
21:04Seventeen fifty it is.
21:05Yeah?
21:06Yeah.
21:07Well, that's great.
21:08Pat's happy.
21:09He's got a lovely little bike.
21:10We're happy we've made a small tickle on it.
21:11All right, Pat.
21:12Well, I was going to say how much profit we've made, but at least whatever profit is...
21:15Best I do that when I garner.
21:16Yeah, even if it's a tenner.
21:18Yeah, thanks Pat.
21:19See you later.
21:22Great thing.
21:23Nice one mate.
21:24I'll have it delivered.
21:25Hey!
21:26Three hundred and fifty quid.
21:27Yeah.
21:28Do you have the petrol out of it as well?
21:29Yeah, drain it now.
21:30Okay.
21:31Yeah.
21:32Every penny counts.
21:33Every penny counts.
21:46Yeah.
21:47But you say, blow all the stuff in your car and then over it.
21:50See you later.
21:51See you later.
21:52Here we go.
21:53Bye.
21:54Bye.
21:55Wood weearden actor.
21:57We wanted the camera right away and then over it.
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